Morning of Wednesday 12 October
Saptamī holds for 5 of 45 minutes of the first muhūrta after sunrise, not all of it. Not taken.
5 of 45 minutes covered, the last 5
Ruling · Durgā Saptamī · 1983
Determinatein Bucharest, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 5 min 18 s.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. The first muhūrta after sunrise is 1st of 15 day muhūrtas.
Morning of Wednesday 12 October
Saptamī holds for 5 of 45 minutes of the first muhūrta after sunrise, not all of it. Not taken.
5 of 45 minutes covered, the last 5
Morning of Thursday 13 October
Taken. The only morning Saptamī reaches.
45 of 45 minutes covered
Aṅga
Saptamī runs from 07:06 on Wed 12 Oct to 08:41 on Thu 13 Oct.
1983-10-12T05:05:37Z → 1983-10-13T06:41:27Z
Kāla
The first muhūrta after sunrise is 1st of 15 day muhūrtas: 06:26–07:11 on the 12th, 06:27–07:12 on the 13th.
udaya-1: day-muhurta-1-1 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Saptamī must hold through the first muhūrta after sunrise. It covers 5 of 45 minutes on the 12th and 45 of 45 on the 13th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Only one morning qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 318 s
Ruling
Durgā Saptamī, Bucharest, 1983: Thursday 13 October.
confidence: determinate
In Bucharest, Durgā Saptamī 1983 falls on Thursday 13 October. Saptamī runs from 07:06 on Wed 12 Oct to 08:41 on Thu 13 Oct and covers all of the first muhūrta after sunrise that morning.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 13 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 13 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 13 Oct |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Bucharest. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/durga-saptami · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“S 7 Durga saptami (paraviddha) — covering one muhurta from sunrise” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Saptamī | Sunrise 12th | Covered | Sunrise 13th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 22:06 → 23:41 | 06:56 | 46 min | 06:56 | 0 min | 12 Oct |
| Chicago | 00:06 → 01:41 | 06:59 | 45 min | 07:00 | 0 min | 12 Oct |
| Jersey City | 01:06 → 02:41 | 07:04 | 45 min | 07:05 | 0 min | 12 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 01:06 → 02:41 | 05:55 | 48 min | 05:55 | 0 min | 12 Oct |
| London | 06:06 → 07:41 | 07:19 | 44 min | 07:20 | 21 min | 12 Oct |
| Durban | 07:06 → 08:41 | 05:22 | 0 min | 05:21 | 51 min | 13 Oct |
| Dubai | 09:06 → 10:41 | 06:15 | 0 min | 06:16 | 47 min | 13 Oct |
| Delhi | 10:36 → 12:11 | 06:20 | 0 min | 06:20 | 46 min | 13 Oct |
| Kolkata | 10:36 → 12:11 | 05:32 | 0 min | 05:32 | 47 min | 13 Oct |
| Singapore | 13:06 → 14:41 | 06:49 | 0 min | 06:49 | 48 min | 13 Oct |
| Sydney | 15:06 → 16:41 | 05:19 | 0 min | 05:18 | 51 min | 13 Oct |
| Suva | 17:06 → 18:41 | 05:41 | 0 min | 05:40 | 50 min | 13 Oct |